Boston Manor Playing Fields
Plan your visit
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
Dogs welcome
Places › England › London › Hounslow Getting here
51.49313, -0.32473
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🚲 Bike parking🅿️ Parking🚻 Toilets
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +71 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eupeodes, Eristalis pertinax, Epistrophe eligans +31 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Eupeodes, Eristalis pertinax, Epistrophe eligans +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Thames Path Kew Gardens diverted due to bank collapse Walking route ▾
Capital Ring link to Richmond station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Capital Ring Section 07 (alternate) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Brent River Park footpath Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Capital Ring link to Hanwell station Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map 81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 75 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 75 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 33 Local cycle route
Show on map LCN 33 (spur) Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref (33) Local cycle route
Show on map Cycleway 34 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref C34 Regional cycle route
Show on map LCN Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
49,424 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 49,424 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Bittern · Grey Heron +32
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Bittern Botaurus stellaris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Coot Fulica atra2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldcrest Regulus regulus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria · Meliscaeva auricollis +13
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Syrphus ribesii Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 49,424 records · National Biodiversity Network Shoveler · Wigeon · Pochard · Bittern · Grey Heron +32
Shoveler Spatula clypeata Wigeon Mareca penelope Pochard Aythya ferina Bittern Botaurus stellaris Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Redwing Turdus iliacus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Starling Sturnus vulgaris Great Tit Parus major Greenfinch Chloris chloris Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Jay Garrulus glandarius Magpie Pica pica Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Coot Fulica atra2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Goldcrest Regulus regulus Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 🦌 Mammals 4 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Red Fox
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Wood Mouse Apodemus sylvaticus Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
winter
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Eristalis pertinax · Epistrophe eligans · Eupeodes · Eristalis intricaria · Meliscaeva auricollis +13
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax Epistrophe eligans Epistrophe eligans Eupeodes Eupeodes Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria Syrphus ribesii Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Syrphus ribesii
Syrphus ribesii
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus albimanus
Platycheirus ambiguus Platycheirus ambiguus
Platycheirus ambiguus Platycheirus ambiguus
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Melanostoma scalare Melanostoma scalare
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum
Eristalis arbustorum Eristalis arbustorum
Parasyrphus punctulatus Parasyrphus punctulatus
Parasyrphus punctulatus Parasyrphus punctulatus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata 